| A self-existent cause, however, may be known as well as any other cause by its effects. |
| Similarly, God must be just, self-existent, invulnerable to suffering, merciful, timelessly eternal, non-physical, non-composite, and so forth. |
| It is self-existent truth, and cognizing it is an act of revealing its validity because cognition is intrinsically absolutely reliable. |
| And again, this is supposed to imply that existing necessarily is the same as being self-existent, which is not obvious. |
| However, in reality, bliss is self-existent, unconditional and independent of external circumstances or factors. |
| He is One, self-existent, and to that One all things owe their existence. |
